"C" 70 points up
Stocks rose, driving the MSCI World Index to an 18-month high, commodities jumped and Treasuries fell as reports showed global manufacturing is strengthening.
The MSCI gauge of stocks in 23 developed nations climbed 1 percent at 4:15 p.m. in New York and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index gained 0.7 percent. Both rose to the highest levels since September 2008. Oil settled at a 17-month high near $85 a barrel and gasoline, gold and copper gained. Currencies of commodity producing nations rallied, with the Canadian dollar and Brazilian real rising at least 0.7 percent against the dollar.
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